Recent Achievements

• UNICEF and the Lakes State Ministry of Health agreed to fund modest salaries and medicinal allotments for Akot (2024)
• Dr. China Akot, a recent medical school graduate and native of Akot, committed to returning to rehabilitate the Akot Medical Mission (November 2024)
• The U.S. nonprofit, Hope and Health Akot South Sudan (HHASS), was created to resurrect the medical mission (December 2024)
• Peter Njenga, the veteran Kenyan foreman who supervised initial construction of the HHASS facility 20 years earlier, was commissioned to survey the facility; he found the buildings empty, but structurally intact (February 2025); a team of two dozen Kenyan and local workers was hired
• A small team of U.S. volunteers, led by Dr. Jeffrey Deal and Daven Acker, visited the site (April 2025); meetings were conducted with community and governmental leaders to secure commitments to rebuild a sustainable facility
• The electrical system was restored, complete with new solar panels, batteries, and a backup generator (April 2025)
• A Starlink satellite internet system was installed (April 2025)
• With assistance from Water Mission (https://watermission.org), the water system was restored (April 2025)
• Dr. Clarke MacIntosh, a seasoned American clinician, agreed to serve the facility for the foreseeable future (May 2025)
• Facility structures were cleaned, repaired, and painted, including the installation of new doors and screened windows (May – August 2025)
• The facility was reopened (June 2025); over 2,100 patients received care in the first month of operation
• One hundred mango trees were planted on the perimeter of the facility to provide shade and fresh fruit (August 2025)
• Ancillary businesses (internet café, rental of the brickmaking machine) have been created to support the facility’s sustained operations (August 2025)
• A Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the South Sudanese Ministry of Health (August 2025), ceding administrative authority of the facility to HHASS
• Agreements were reached with community leaders to institute service fees for patients who are able to pay, supporting sustained operations (September 2025)
• Staff housing was built to accommodate two resident HHASS physicians (September 2025)
• Forty hospital beds were acquired to accommodate patients (September 2025)
• A community celebration occurred to welcome Dr. China Kuot as Medical Director (October 2025)